HSBC's Walk, Run, Cycle 2012 paints the town red

They say more than 10,000 registered for HSBC's Walk, Run, Cycle, which was held yesterday,19th May at Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. I attended the event with my husband, Elijah, and while we're not sure if all the 10,000 registrants showed up, we certainly had great fun!


We took the HSBC's hired shuttle bus from the National Stadium since it's difficult to find parking space near the event location. It's our first bus ride in Brunei (not to mention it's free!) and it was a quick field trip around Bandar, which we haven't done yet.

When we arrived at the venue, the Taman Hj Sir Muda Omar Ali Saifuddien (SOAS), there were already lots of people!

We arrived at the site two hours early so we had time to walk around the area and found food stalls that reminded us of China Town in the Philippines.

We took pictures near the famous Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque.

Saw some people in costumes - SpongeBob,  Naruto and this pretty lady in red. See the hat?

 We saw some lovebirds too.

And families enjoying their bonding moments.

There was also special performance from special needs children of KACA, SMARTER, Pusat Ehsan and Learning Ladders who are the main beneficiaries of the event.

Had some warm up exercises before we headed to the START line.

After the 30km cyclists, 11.5 km runners, it's our time to head out!

Saw a dollar on the ground and hoped to find a hundred.

After more than an hour of walking (but it's brisk walking!) we made it to the finish line!

We were a little tired, but still had some energy to play carnival games.

We're looking forward to another great Charity event from HSBC next year. 

Thank you HSBC!